2009
Physics
Magnetron Sputter Coater and Thin Film Deposition
Lauren Olasov, Vassar College ’11 and Prof. Brian Daly
2009 Symposium Poster 41
2009
Psychology
Take the Money and Run: Interpersonal and Intraindividual Differences Predicting Trust and Reciprocity
Jared Augenstein, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. Allan Clifton
2009 Symposium Poster 42
Conditioning Intrusive Compulsions in an Animal Model for OCD Using CD-1 Mice
Marika Faytell, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. J. Mark Cleaveland
2009 Symposium Poster 43
Maze Learning for Sexual Reward
Marissa Gauthier, Vassar College ’11, Alexander Linsalata, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. Kevin Holloway
2009 Symposium Poster 44
Representations of Children’s Humor
Angelica Isgro, Vassar College ’11 and Prof. Nicholas de Leeuw
2009 Symposium Poster 45
Changes in C-Fos Immunoreactivity Due to Learning About Sexual Stimuli in the Brains of Female Japanese Quail
Alex Linsalata, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. Kevin Holloway
2009 Symposium Poster 46
The Influence of Political Ideology and Gender On Perceptions of Real and Hypothetical Candidates
Shari H. Silver, Vassar College ’10, Larisa J. Lasko, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. Jennifer E. Ma
2009 Symposium Poster 47
Coping with Challenges and Change: Understanding Emotions, Stress, and Well-Being in Low Income and Immigrant Women in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Jamie Stevenson, Vassar College ’10 and Profs. Jannay Morrow, Judith L. Nichols, Michele M. Tugade
2009 Symposium Poster 48
2008
Anthropology
Ends of the Earth: Rocks and Roots in Alaska and New York
Jessica Kaplan, Vassar College ’09, Laurel Walker, Vassar College ’11, Gerald Gilligan, Vassar College ’11 and Prof. Lucy Johnson
2008
Astronomy
A Study of Star Formation Regions of Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts
Michael Petersen, Colgate University ’10 and Prof. Debra Elmegreen
Thick Disks of Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift
Andrew Yau, Vassar College ’10 and Prof. Debra Elmegreen
A Spectroscopic Study of the Structure of the Milky Way
Marshall Johnson, Wesleyan University ’11, Evan Kaplan, Vassar College ’11, Jacob Miller, Vassar College ’09 and Prof. Allyson Sheffield
2008
Biochemistry
Visualizing Phagosome Associated Cysteine Proteases in Tetrahymena Thermophila
Francis Baffour, Vassar College ’09, Tripta Kaur , Vassar College ’10 and Profs. Jay Carreon and J. William Straus
A Proteomic Approach to the Study of Phagosome Associated Cysteine Proteases in Tetrahymena thermophila
Melissa Dion , Vassar College ’11, Karen Ma, Vassar College ’10 and Profs. Jay Carreon and J. William Straus
2008
Biology
Evidence of Positive Selection in IL-18BP in the Orthopox Genus of Poxviridae
Anne Hutchinson, Vassar College ’09 and Prof. David Esteban
Expression of the Microtubule-associated-protein PTL-1 Coincides with a Significant Hatching Fefect in PTL-1 null C. elegans embryos
Michelle Krasny, Vassar College ’09 and Prof. Kathleen Susman
Heat Shock Response to Osmotic Stress in Danio rerio Muscles and Gills
Yusuke Kumai, Vassar College ’08 and Prof. Erica Crespi
Changes in M. franksii Gene Expression as a Result of Copper Exposure
Annika O’Dea, Vassar College ’08 and Prof. Jodi Schwarz
Bioinformatic Assessment and Investigation of Localized mRNAs Expressed Early in Development and in Adult Neurons
Erica Seigneur, Vassar College’09, and Profs. Kathleen Susman and Nancy Pokrywka
The Effect of Oviposition Site Moisture Conditions on Brooding Female Red-Backed Salamanders (P. cinereus) and Their Eggs
Tessa K. Solomon-Lane, Vassar College ’08 and Prof. Erica J. Crespi